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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1873-07-04, Page 74 Lr, (D ;;Tere: , :r1 , ..... • : • .„ CD imeneto 0 FOUNDRY, wishes to call the attention orarauuity in general to his r of al Implements, - nsiating sof WOOD _PLOWS, proved Steel Mould Beard, at.'a 1 PLOWS, LAND noiA.,Er,sr sGiTPFLERS-, 11:a special attention to the. ,telebrated RS' PLOW,: PLOW , , • 4versal satisfaction. wherever FW added a Thistle Point, so part.- Also, to some first - I LAND ItOLLER§,- 0 Also,. a few Wagons, g u4e, warranted of very hee, EaTIMBER. kwill be gold at the very FOR CASH proved credit. M. R. WLSON# I87triley ITANNIA, HOUSE.. lict 'Varied Stock of [IIRPETS, ION, two Xly, VOGL, do., STEY, &C. (IMPS craving elected a new Pan [0 rods math Of GISTOWN/ uo-w prepared to raanufac- . for lightness of operation and le surpassed in Ontario. Nab- t_crial. used, first-class work. KWARRANTED. r UT solicited before purchasing (1EORGE BOLTON, - - Francietown. ITAtitilA HOUSE. HIRTS7 LARS, TIES, Y 4,i7. 1 The Mule 1( Smasher." JJ e was a very small and hump- backed animal ; and there was a drean3y, speculative expression about his eyes, us though his mind were deep in, the retrospection of years gonebY. It was slow Work getting him home from the railway station, for bis legs weze encumbered with heavy__ fetters. Yet the _patient beast bore these insignia of dis- grace, with a such . ap air of suf- fering resignation and. meek hu- mility that it cut into the heat. It was not to suffer. this cruel inflic- tion long, however, for we were met on the road •by a young man who clafineci to be a nepheweof Mr. Bergh. After upbraiding uti se- verely for our inhumanity, he pull- ed a cold chisel and hammer oet of bis pocket, and began to cut away the irons from the sufferer's, aching limbs. It was touching to witness the look of gratitude which thee Mille bestowed upon the friend at wk about his heels ; it seemed almost human. In less than ten minutes the work was finished, fer the chisel was sharp; and then the mule was free. .The tragedy was enacted in less than a second ; for it was sim- ply the drawing up of the mule's hind leg, and then the straightening of it again as quick as a flash of lightning, and all was over. The. " 'young man died while at the post of du tya When we went into the barn the next morning, we found that he this not a trace of Smasher or Mr. Ferguson.has ever been seen. ers•- uropean Farms and FarinMg. The :following extracts from a private letter written by an observ- ing traveler now in Europe to his friend a in this country, will 'be in- teresting_ to many of ottr readers. His observations have been in Eng- land, France, Bavaria and Austria —the first and the last,- he says, having the richest and best kept fields : - - In England the fields are im- mense-; the country is beautifully undulating ; every inch of ground is well kept, arid all the division lines between estates are marked by well trimmed hedges. In all England I did not see a ragged hedge. In the most unfrequented field the hedge would be trimmed as nicely as in a gentleman's grounds. But in all farming operations the English are very clumsy, though very thorough. Their tools are heavy and awkward- ly made,. but last through genera- tions. I saw in one instance a man _plowing with aix horses, through ground that had been once plowed in the fall, and using a plow that must have weighed six times, at least, as much as a Canadian plow capable of doing the same work. In fact, all the work that. he was doing might have easily been done with a pair,of tough Canada ponies, a Canadian plow and a Canadian to hold it.. In France the farming opetations had chewed up his halter straps, are still more awkwardly performed and that all the south side of the'. —arid , a great _deal of the hardest stable would need to be rebuilt be- fore it could be of any use whatever. It was after this that we called the mule Smasher. *Uncle Seth insisted that Srnasher had never beea properly broken, and that his master had been too kind.and lenient with him : but he would very shortly demonstrate to this creature who was master now, and who was mule.' One morning, - after we had rebuilt, the old gentle- man said that we would harness field leer is done by women. While at Liverdun, a place forty miles from Paris, I trolled into a field where ten women were spread- ing manure with forks that weighed not less than fifteen pounds apiece, and I should think more. They were evidently made by some coin - try blacksMith, and had to recom- mend them the, single quality of strength. The -French peasant wo- men, I think, are the "wiliest ap- proach to brutes that can be found led and s10 -it of the` canary and make `desperate -attempts' to waft pocket handkerchiefs over him. Life is too sliOrt to be wasted in this way. And maddened efforts to clasp hats over him generally amount to very little, especially when he is .up a tree. And just here we may remark, that there are- few methods of tak- i-n,,,cfxercise that may be relied upon to tiold out like that of following a loose canary around a 'village, reach- ing out at armrs length to- ward him a good-sized bbd cage, and endeavoring by a aeries of mo- notonous and irrelevant chirps to make him _believe he wants to go in. Stier and cuttle-fish bones, as en- gines\cif seduction, are not to be de- pend-- ed upon. The average --eoax- ationinto cages by sugar of the or- dinary canary of North' America is in the proportion of a wheelbarrow- ful of the one to a feather • of the other. . We will also- state in this con- nection chat a man with new shoes on, and a bird_ cage in one hand, can furnish an interesting spectacle to over forty bystanders, by simply climbing a tree to offer wiry bland anenfranchised canary. The real way to catch a loose ca- nary, and the only way which can be warranted for a term of years, is to collect all your friends and family and post them. around -the tree or fence where the canary is at bay. Let them all furnish themselves with . plenty of: bits of kindling wood, soda of grass, lumps of dirt, chunks of brick, curry -combs, boot -jacks and porfier-bottltes, and other handy mis- siles, and fet them ,fire away boldly at the canary. If the bird coward- ly- turns tail and flies off, everybody follow- him and slap:tang at him with their utmoat vigor. It will be hard to confine this entertainment to your own immediate circle. No boy whose -heart .is 'in the right place and who has any legs will Smasher to the wagon, and take in the ranks of humanity. They some wheat to the mill. We ex- don't seem half as intelligeni as the pected to have a serious time with this business, but, to our surprise, Smasher offered no resistance to be- ing harnessed up, and in a short time we were aaily trotting out' of the yard. "e'You see, °Sammy," said my uncle, quite 'complacently, "Smasher knows very well that he has now a master who knows " And that was all either of us knew for about fifteen minutes. We -both .came to our senses at about the same time, and I remember of hearing my dear uncle say that the bolts and tires might sell for something, but the rest of the wagon woiild have to be used for kindling wood. After that the old gentleman and Smasher had a series of arguments, which lasted about a month, and it .ended by a cash order, fiom Mr. Seth Barber to Mr. Goodyear, for .one very large and strongly made India, rubber man, which, was sus- pended from the top of the stable by ,meansof a rope around its neck, so that :it would hang directly behind Smasher's heels. henever Smash .er let out his iib -smashing tickles against this image, it would grace- fully give way, and then come back to be kicked some more. This in- dens devoted to the raising of salads and small fruits. Then we carne to the hilly country, where for miles nothing blit vineyards were to be seen. Here was where a great deal of light French wine is made. The vineyards are beautifully;skept, the vines being planted -within two or three feet of e911 other, and never allowed to growzrnaore than four feet high. When we camealong they were tying up the vines to the stakes, they -having beeri laid down for protec- tion through the winter. As we • approached Munich the country be- came flat and uninteresting, and vineyards gave place to wheatfields. When we came to Austria I say the most beautifulfields of all. Sometimes they would be miles in Width, and coverel for the whole distance with young grain of a most beautiful green. Here, too, were women working in the field, but of much greater in- telligence than the French peasants. In Austria the farms are immense The farmhouses are likewise very large and invariably around a court- yard. At Lintx I went into one. Sixty cows were kept and twenty horses, and 150 labci7ors—me11, wo- men and childrena—lived under one roof ; the head farmer or landmain, stable, and we casually mentioned being a petty prince in his own the rubber man, which had cost right. You ill see -by this that - $300, and the. iron bar, I never every Austrian farm is a small -col- BaNv so mad a, man in all my life as any, The entrance to the court - Was Smasher's o wner when we had Yard is through an archway big finished. "-Ungrateful wretch !" he enough to drive a large load of hay, exoTaimed, Is it thus thou repayest and clver it is always painted a pic- been showered on thy head?" And L. -- then h ture of the Virgin or some other nft-kren4 4aint. t_he many acts of kindness that have beautiful French horses, and it is not unfrequently the case'that a bright boy of a dozen years old 'is" sent to superintend a field full of them, and keep them from chatter- ing and quarreling. Some of these field hands are fearfully, old and frightfully' ugly—I feel sure that I -saw womeat more than eighty years old working in the fields, and doing what would be considered a man's woik in America. They live in wretched huts and on the coarsest black bread and the sourest wine. Intravelling through France I was struck with the fact that the roofs of the houses were all either thatched or covered with tiles, burnt to a red color like our bricks. On some of the thatched roof a I saw quite luxuriant growths of glass, and • though I did not see any -cows driv- en on the roof to pasture, I did see in numerous instances boys sent on the roofs with Jsickles to cut the grass, which was longer and greener than in the fields. In the journey from Paris to Munich we passed for the first forty or fifty miles through a stretch of country quite fiat and beautifully cultivated in small gar= *CROCKERY,- CROOKEFiY. TILSOK& YOUNG - Are offering great bargains in '-.CROCKERY, ALL KINDS. Tea Sets from $2 50 upwards. Toilet Skti'eomplete from $2 50 upwards, and all other articles cor- respondingly low. re- frain from the pursuit, and there are men who wontd leave a dentist's . chair to mingle in the fray. There are cases too, where a funeral would hang by a thread, as it were, in the vicinity of. a canary hunt. Even -from the windows of upper rooms, where sickness or dishabille may detain unfortunate enthuEi- asta; there will come, ever and anon • a?antic wash -bowl or a whizzing larnp-chimney to testify the univer- Vity of the public interest. Of cOurse, in this rapid free distribution of firewood and paving matkrial, it 411 not be long before several of your relations will wish they had brought a tin umbrella along. But considerations of mere personal com- fort must not be allowed to inter- fere. If you keep this thing up long enough, and you all fire pretty straight, you'll be sure to get your canary. And then you can have him stuffed. Beautiful glass eyes can be had for twenty cents • a pair ; but you had better buy your glass eyes -by the dozen, for of course you'll -Soon be getting another ca- nary, so as not to waste the cage.— Danbury iVews. - vention seemed to please Smasher very much, and after that). he man- aged to let the sides of the .stable alone. We then got a bar "of wrought iron, four inches Pquare, which we fastened across the shafts of our new wagon for a cross bar ; and then, when Smasher got into a tantrum on the road, he found something substantial to receive his blows. Of course this iron would get vet y hot after he had kicked away at it -for two or three hours, and so we always carried a barrel of water to cool it off.. The hot stream rising up about the mule, seemed to have a soothing effect on his nerves, and then he would. travel off very sweet- ly indeed. One day his master came for him. Smasher had jumped over the fence that morning into Jake Ryder's yard; when we went to lasso him for his master, he had just finished swallowing two pailfuls of nitro- glycerine;.which Jake had brought. out to split some very tough' and cro.ss-grained logs with. Well, we caught Smasher and brought him around to his master, Mr. Ikrguson. And then we told all about Smash- er breaking tip our Wagon and the L A 1\T ID 1=z1 , In Bottles and on Draft, of excellent quality. CLARETS,4PORT, SHERRY, CHAMPACIIE, BRANDY, CIN, RUM, SCOTCH AND IRISH WHISKY, IN BOTTLES,—THE GENUINE STUFF, Flour GENERAL GRPCERIES Of all kinds, as usual. and Feed, in Abundance -Goods delivered in any part of the village free of charge WILSON & YOUNG-,. Main -Street, Seaforth. COME ONE, COME ALL, AND. BUY YOUR HA_RNESS FROM J. WARD, SEAFOIZTH. I beg to state for the information of farmers and the public generally, that I have as good a stock o Harness on hand as any in town, and I ani determined not to be undersold by any other establish ment in the County. (31 -1. -VM 1‘/IM J. WARD, 286 Main -Street, Seaforth. FARMERS, BEWARE WHAT KIND OF SEED -S YOU SOW. Sow no more five years old, when yon can get them at LEE'S FLOUR AND SEED STORE, CAUTION I 1 FRAUDS ABROAD! T BEG most respectfully to caution the publics -A- of the Bi4ish North American. Provinces to be on their enia# against purchasing spurious medi- cines which are being sold as my genuine " Hollo- way's Pills and Ointment," by certain individuals, of little or no means, trading (for the last few months only) under the style of the "New York Chemical Company," Every artifice is made use of by them for the purpose of imposing upon the public; and the more effectually to deceive, they have the effrontery, in their advertisements, to issue the following cantion: " The immense demand for 4 BOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT' has tempted unprincipled parties ' to counterfeit these valuable Medicines. "In order to protect the Public and ourselves, we have issued a new Trade Mark,' consisting of an Egyptian (Miele of a serpent with the letter H in the centre. Every box of genuine HOLLOWAY'S PILLS A7;13 OINTMENT' will have this trade math on it. None are genuine without it. "To DEALERS AND JOBBEES IN DREGS AND MUM- • CINES. "We call your particular attention to the new style of 'HOLLOWAY'S Paras ANt* OTSTMENV— none of the old style are manufactured by us now, nor have they been for months. We therefore caution all purchasers against reciving from any Jobbers or Dealers the old style of goods. - " Informatien concerning ai.a such goods being offered will be received with thanks. . " We ask the favor of all the information yon can give in regard to those counterfeits."' Now this Company is aware that your laws do not permit them to copy the precise getting up of my :Medicines, but in order the more completely to blind the public, they have recourse to another piece of deception, viz., in. stating that they deem. it necessary, as they say, to make up the Pills an d Ointment in another form, and that they adopt a NEW LABEL, &c. Besides the ebove-mentioned " Chemical Com- pany," there is also a David Pringle, of New York, who by consmninate trickery is attempting to sell spurious imitations of my Medicines. Beware of him likewise. 'I'his unprincipled Chemical Company has dared to say that I owe very large sums of money in the United States. Whu.t the fact ? A newspaper agent obtained, witheut my knowledge or consent, and by collusion with a party who held a limited power of attorney of mine, an order to advertise my Medicines in 'South An;erice. for three years, to the extent of $400,000 in gold. He then sold his claim to a lawyer, who, got it referred by the court to a friend of his who gave judgment against me to the amount of$1/1,237 gold, for profit which he said he could have made by it, had I net taken steps to repudiate this vile transaction the nao- ment it came to my knowledge. This • judgment will soon be -set aside. It cannot be supposed, I am sure, that I owe a _cent to any one that would not immediately pay. There is no truth whatever in the statement that I ever authorized any person or persons to use lay name for the sale of nay "Pills and Ointment, al- though gross frauds have been practised upon me by unprincipled men this way. I would ask, as a -favor, that should it come to the knowledge of any person that spurious medi- cines are being made and sold in my name that he be pleased. to send inc the mune and address of the vendor who is selling the same, that I mayt for the protection of the public, institute proceedings against him and I engage to remunerate hand- somely my informant without divulging his name. Should any person have reason Jo -believe that he has been deceived by buyingsKrious imitations of these Medieines, he will oblige me by sending to the address at foot (which he can do at a cost of six cents in postage), one of the books of instru.e-f tions which are affixed to the same. My Medicines can be supplied at the lowest) wholesale net prices in quantities of not less than £20 worth—viz., 8s. 6d., 22s., 34s. per dozen boxes of Fills or pots of Ointment, for which remittances must be Rent in advance. These Medicines are not sold in the United States, Each Pot and Box of my Genuine Medicines bears the British Government Stamp, witho the words "Holloway's Pills and Ointme*t, Lon- don." (Signed) THOMAS HOLLOWAY. 533, Oxford Street, W. C., London, October 3, 1872. Entirely fresh and pure. Just arrived this day a very large assortment of choice Field, .Garden and King of the Earlier Prolific Peerless, Climax Exceleior, Willard Seedling, Granite State, Chaterin, Flower Seeds. Don't plant any more poor Potatoes, when yon can got all the new varieties such as Early Rose and all other good kinds, at Lee's Flour and Seed Store. GROCERIES CHEAPER THAN _EVER. Decay of Green Timber. Oak under water has. been known to remain sound and solid for • six hundred years. Mere moisture in the wood alone; --then, has nothing • to do' with decay ; but when wood is half dry and half moist it is an excel- lent nest tor thespores of moulds and milldews to hatch,. and it is these which carry on theworkof wood de- struction. ,Under ground _where the temperature is always low and regularly damp these moulds cannot work ; and the wetter and colder the soil the safer' is .the wood from the destructive agencies. Now, if wehalf dry a post we open little seams in every direction and the air' follows a seam. In the at- mosphere these germs of decay exist in countless numbers,and they are ad- mitted into the wood with the air. When moisture. again follows they are in the best possible condition for growth, and of course the rot is the consequnee. If posts be placed in the ground before the opening process of drying is commenced, all this risk of admitting the "seeds of consumption" sp to speak, is avoided. • -----0.....--- e picked up a club and gave ' To Caton a Canary. ' Smasher a whack uridet. the bellY. If I should live ten thousand At this season of the year, when years; I could never fcrget the aw- it behooves us to scrub and regravel 1 explosion which followed_ that ourbirdr3-Caees7 it's more than likely 1):" 7. for the: concussion had ex- that your canary will get out. ploded the two pailfuls of nitro-glv- In such a case prompt and de- cei ine, which Smasher had just' action is required. It is quite swallowed ; and trona that day to CEDAR POSTS and SHINGLES' still on hand et • THOMAS LEE'S Cheap Grocery, Flour and Feed Store, • MAIN -STREET, SEAFORTIL THE VERDICT. AFTER A FAIR TEST THE VERDICT OF THE PEOPLE IS • THAT THE CHEQUERED STORE AND TEA DEPOT, Is the place to get the cheapest and best • TEAS AND GENERAL GROCERIES. The Proprietor of the CHEQUERED STORE AND TEA DEPOT had' pleasure in stating that his first stock having moved off so rapidly, he has aheady purchased a fresh supply, and as a result of quick sales he is enabled to still further reduce prime To parties taking TEA by the Caddie, half chest cr chest A SPECIAL REDUCTION WILL BE MADE. Farmers and others living at a distance should remember that our roads may soon break up, and that - now is the time and Seaforth is the TOW11._ to get the Highest Prices For what they have to sell, and that the CIIEQUERED STORE AND- TEA DEPOT Is the place to get the best bargains in TEAS AND GENERAL -GROCERIES'. If there be any who have doubt on this point, they have only to make a trial and they will be convinc- ed of the fact. 50 13arrels'Latrador Herrings, . • 250 Barrels Lake Huron Herrings, t • A large lot of dry Fish, SalmonsTrout, and. White Fish, ALL OF FIRST "QUALITY .A1111) AT LOW PRICES AT THE CHEQUERED STORE AND TEA DEPOT, • MAIN -STREET, SEAFORTH. JAMES MURPHY. . How to Care for Hams. • TO rreserve hams- through the sumr, m rer,make a number of cotton bags, a little larger than your hams. After the hare& are well smoked, place them in the bags, and get the best kind of sweet; well -made hay ; cut it with a knife, land with your hands -press it round the hama in the bags' ; tie bags with string,1iut on a card of .the. year to show, their age, and hang them up in a garret or dry room and,they will last five years, and -will be better for boiling than on the day you hung them up. This method costs but little, and the bags will last forty years., No flies or bugs will trouble the hams if the hay is well pressed around thein: the sweating of the hams will be taken up by the hay, it will impart a fine flavor to the hams. The hams should be treated in this way before the hot weather useless for the whole family to col- sets in.— Western Rural. cis • • CODERICH FOUNDRY. SELECT SCHOOL AND MUSIC CLASS. MISS RYAN, formerly Teacher of Music in the 4J-11" Komoka Seminary, and late of the Bishop Strachan School, Toronto, begs to inform the peo- ple of Seaforth and vicinity that she is about form- ing a class fe& instruction in Vocal and Instra- 'mental Musicijand hasmened a Select School in the room for*rly ocenpied by Miss Robinson. Terms—Mutic, $6 per term. SELECT SCHOOL. The ordinary English branches, and Plain and Fancy Work, &c., $3 and $4 per terin. Hours from 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. References--Frofessor Carter, Organist.. of St. Fames' Cathedral, Toronto Mrs. Thompson, Lady Principal of Bishop Strachan School. 287 TEA ! 'TEA !! TEA !1! -4-- T U FT S & KAMBLETON Having on hand a very large stock of. EXCELLENT TEAS; And being hard up for money, have determined to sell Teas at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES For one month. THE undersigned, having sold the Huron Foundry property and stock to the "Goderich Foundry and Manufacturing Company," begs te thank the public for their liberal support during the past nineteen years, and trusts that they will continue to send their orders to the new Company. Goderich, 10th June, 1872. R. RUNCIMAN. Referring to the above notice, The Goderich Foundry& Man.ufa.cturing Cos Beg to inform the public that they are prepared to contract for STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS ; FLOUR, GRIST, AND- SAW MILLS SAWING MACHINES, &c. On hand—IRON AND WOODEN PLOWS, with steel boards; GANG PLOWS, CULTIVATORS, STRAW -CUTTERS, &c. SUGAR AND POTASH KETTLES, GRATE -BA -RS, WAGGON BOXES, &e. COOKING, PARLOR AND BOX STOVES, of various kinds. SALT PANS MADE TO ORDER. All parties wanting a choice article of Tea, and wishing to save money, will find it to their advan- tage to give them a call. They havealso on hand a very large stock of GENERAL GROCERIES, Crockery, Gla.ssWare, Wines and Liquors, Flour, Oatmeal, Cornmeal, rake Huron -Herring, &c. hich they will sell very cheap for cash or fart; w produce. ALSO, . IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS, AND BLACKSMITH WORK. BOILERS AND SALT PANS REPAIRED ON SHORT NOTICE. TWieNTY TO THIRTY -HORSE POWEII TUBULAR BOILERS 'generally. on hand for sale. Secretary will receive prompt attention.:11 HORACE HORTON, President. ARCHIBALD HODGE, Secretary and TICaSUICT. LE All orders addressed to the Company or ROBERT RUNCLNIAN, General Manager. - GEORGE N IEBERGA Lr, Manager Agricultural Department. Goderieh, Ontario, June 10, 1572. Tu1?TS & HAMBLETON, Brussels, Ont. WHO WANTS MONEY? A. STRONG, SEAFORTH, Will Loan Money at a LOW RATE OF INTp- EST, either on Farm or Village Property. Parties requiring money should apply to him.1 INSURE •YOUR PROPERTY AND YOUR 'JIVES. A. Strong, Seaforth_ IS ALSO AGENT FOR The Scottish Provincial Insurance Company— Fire and Life. The Western Insurance Company, of Toronto— Fire and Life. The Isolated Risk Insurance Company, of Canada. Terms as reasonable as offered byany other agent doing business for reliableCompanies. OFFICE—over Strong & Fairley's Groeery Store, Main Street, Seaforth. - 252 NOW IS YOUR TIME TO BUY Tc--1..A.IR,1\TMSS, Cheap for Cash at J. WILSON'S. NO MORE COMBINATION PRICES. THIS IS NO FICTION. CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES. Make no delay, but come and secure aacellent bargains while you tan. • Best Material Used, AND MADE BY GOOD WORKMEN. Everything in his line such as E,L HARNESS, TRUNKS, 1 VALISES, WHIPS, SADDLES, BRUSHE , CURRY COMBS, CARDS, &c., &e Repairs done with neatness and despatch. Remember the place- Opposite KIDD'S Store. 273 JAM -PS WILSON. 11, • fe. :7